Word: midwest
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...Conley and his wife Verena A. Conley are about to begin a new phase in their lives: They've raised two children, canoed and hunted for mushrooms in the Midwest, and taught for many years as professors "distanced from the students...
...having no single voice. Though the coalition is singing one song--We Aren't the World, let's call it--it's hardly singing in harmony. Some protesters can't even agree about the purpose of the rally against the IMF. For Emily LaBarbera-Twarog, who works at the Midwest office of the Campaign for Labor Rights, the goal is "to stop the meeting from happening." For Vaughan the aim is "to give us a voice at the table. We're not just fighting power," she says; "we're fighting specific policies." Munson's agenda is more sweeping: "We want...
...could barely form complete sentences, I do remember launching into diatribes: "Where are the five star hotels? The paparazzi? My close-up?" My brother sucked it up and tried to pretend that he was Thoreau, forced to the outskirts of civilization. But who could have predicted that the Midwest would be such a trendy vacation destination these days? I feel like a boob for ever mocking it. If you're looking for a hotspot, try the Wisconsin Dells-a budget-friendly Disney World with miles upon miles of lined-up attractions. Want to be a care-free kid again...
...seedy OTB outpost, read on. For Jane Smiley's Horse Heaven (Knopf; 561 pages; $26) turns out to go down quite easily--more like a pitcher of mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby. Smiley, who has already given us an epic about Greenland, an academic comedy set in the Midwest and historical fiction about abolition, has as great a range and as much intellectual curiosity as any novelist writing today. In her latest book, she takes on a fresh topic and once again winds up in the winner's circle...
...spring break rendezvous: nearby ivy league boyfriends, drinks with Mafia-connected priests, protection à la Coppertone, and shiny silver bracelets. But not all silver shines. Spring Break brought about its own risks. We boarded airlines whose insignias were sketched into oak-tag posters. We observed how boring the Midwest really is. We spent quality time in the Square and even worse, with the parents...